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To date, finasteride is the only proven hair loss treatment that can stop the progression of male pattern baldness in its tracks by blocking DHT, the hormone responsible for genetic hair loss.  Though finasteride can be purchased on the internet, patients run the risk of dealing with pharmacies selling illegitimate medication.

To learn the best ways to treat your hair loss and purchase Propecia, visit this discussion thread.  Feel free to offer your experience with treating baldness.

Bill Seemiller – aka Falceros
Associate Publisher/Editor

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I am very bald. The crown of my head almost completely bald as is the top of my head. The crazy thing is that I am only 20 years old!

I have looked online and read a few things and have yet to find someone who has had issues with balding that are as worse than or even equal to mine. I was maybe in my second year of highschool when I noticed it. I told people that I thought I was starting to experience hair loss and everyone told me I was crazy. By the time I graduated these same people were telling me that there are solutions to hair loss. Two years later people told me to shave it all the way off. I was good looking in highschool, played on the basketball team, had many girlfriends, great confidence and I felt like I was on top of the world. Since I noticed myself balding all of these things slowly went out the window, my confidence, the cute girls, and my over all happiness.

Does saw palmetto really reduce hair loss? If not, then what is the best treatment for stopping hair loss?

Saw palmetto is conjectured to block DHT (dihydrotestosterone) and thus has been used as a natural supplement to treat an enlarged prostate (BPH). And though some believe saw palmetto can successfully stop hair loss as effectively as Propecia (finasteride), I have yet to see any clinical evidence to prove this. Not too long ago, we decided to do some research on saw palmetto and sited our findings on the Hair Loss Learning Center. To learn more about saw palmetto and whether or not it can be a successful treatment for baldness, visit “Saw Palmetto for Hair Loss”.

To date, Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil) are the most effective treatments for thinning hair and baldness.

Best wishes in restoring your hair,

Bill Seemiller – aka Falceros
Associate Publisher/Editor

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Today, physicians and scientists demonstrate that platelet rich plasma (PRP) may actually wake up dormant follicular stem cells and could quite potentially become the next major breakthrough in treating hair loss and growing hair. While some people feel this is yet another marketing attempt to rob balding men and women of their hard earned cash, others are very excited by its potential.

Blood is made from approximately 93% red blood cells (RBC), 1% white blood cells (WBC), 6% platelets, and plasma. When platelets are activated in the body, these sponge-like molecules form branches and release healing proteins called growth factors. Though growth factors have a multitude of responsibilities, the cumulative result is accelerated tissue and wound healing. The basis for the benefit of platelet rich plasma lies in decreasing the RBC count to 5% since they are less useful in the healing process while increasing the platelet count to 94%.

A recent case study on a 26 year old hair loss sufferer suggests that platelet rich plasma can stop and reverse hair miniaturization caused by androgenic alopecia or male pattern baldness. While this 26 year old patient had hair transplant surgery to recover lost hair in the hairline, his posterior crown was traumatized using a 1 mm micro needling roller and platelet rich plasma injected into the crown. The result suggests that PRP not only stopped hair loss, but reversed miniaturization.

To date, Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil) are the only two FDA approved and most effective non-surgical hair loss treatments on the market. It’s advised for men in particular to consider Propecia in order to attempt to control future baldness.

Propecia (finasteride) works by inhibiting the production of a large percentage of DHT (dihydrotestosterone), the hormone responsible for male pattern baldness. DHT is also responsible for certain sexual functions and has been said to mitigate the effects of estrogen in men. Thus, one of the biggest concerns all men considering Propecia for hair loss have is the potential for sexual side effects.

Recently, the possibility of sexual side effects while taking Propecia was extensively discussed on our forum. To learn more about the risks and join in the discussion, visit “Possible Propecia User – Worried about Side Effects”.

Bill Seemiller – aka Falceros
Associate Publisher/Editor

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We get hundreds of hair loss related questions sent to us on a weekly basis and we do our best to answer them all in a timely fashion. Below, we’ve highlighted some important and controversial hair restoration topics for your review and posted the answers in our news and blogs.

Feel free to ask your own questions and get answers on our hair restoration forum or privately by emailing help@hairtransplantnetwork.com.

The Reality of Today’s Hair Loss Treatments

Can Rogaine Speed up Transplanted Hair Growth? (answered by Coalition member Dr. Robert True)

Knowing You’re Getting the Hair Transplant You Paid For

Do Lesser Known Surgeons Produce Quality Hair Transplant Results?

What are your Thoughts on Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)?

Bill Seemiller – aka Falceros
Associate Publisher/Editor

Technorati Tags: hair loss, hair restoration, Dr. Robert True

Finding the best hair loss treatment for you takes time and due diligence in learning to discriminate hype from reality.

Thanks to the dedicated patient and physician expert members of our hair loss discussion forum and websites, differentiating fact from fiction and learning what really works to treat baldness is easy.

Below we’ve collected and provided important tips to help you discover which hair loss treatments really work and which ones don’t.

Read the Fine Print: At best, most advertising oversells the benefits of a product appealing to a person’s emotions and desires. You want your hair back and a certain product promises to deliver it. But if you look close enough, you’ll see fine print such as “Results not typical” or “Results will vary”. Be cautious not to be lured by fancy slogans and big promises. Take your time to read the fine print and research each hair loss product on your own.

If It’s Too Good to be True, It Probably Is: We live in a “Buyer Beware” world thus, it’s important not to believe everything you read and hear. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Therefore, much like doing a book report or term paper, research using multiple sources and compare and contrast your findings. This will help you draw more accurate conclusions on which products may help restore your hair and which ones won’t.

Every week, hundreds of hair loss questions are answered on our hair restoration forum and received in our inbox. Below, we’ve collected some of these hot topic questions of the week and posted responses by veteran hair transplant patients and leading hair restoration physicians.

You can also ask your own questions and get answers on our hair forum or privately by using the contact page.

Which “All Natural” Treatments Are Most Effective?

Do Higher Hair Transplant Densities Affect Hair Growth Survival? (Dr. Beehner)

How an Underactive Thyroid Can Contribute to Female Hair Loss

Is it ok to take Finasteride and Dutasteride Simultaneously to Treat Baldness?

Contradictory Reports: Does Nioxin Cause or Stop Balding?

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Given all the interest that Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) for hair loss has generated, we feel it’s appropriate to address this topic again and state our current position on this experimental procedure.

Rumors that Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) may be the next greatest hair loss treatment since Propecia (finasteride) are circulating all over the internet. Thus, dozens of hair loss sufferers appear to be lining up at hair restoration clinics offering the experimental PRP treatment for pattern baldness. But what’s the real deal with this experimental treatment? Is there really enough information available to advocate its use as a viable hair loss solution?

While discussing this procedure on our discussion forum, people tend to fall into two opposite camps. On one extreme, some are so excited by the preliminary results seen on discussion forum topic “First PRP Treatment in New York” that they believe PRP will solve their balding problems forever. Those in this camp are usually men and women just starting their research and looking to grasp onto anything that promises a possible remedy.

On the flip side, others believe PRP is entirely worthless and could never cause any significant and lasting hair regrowth. Many in this camp are skeptical due to the unsubstantiated claims and empty promises hair loss companies have made for years.

While members of the first camp are too overly ambitious and it’s completely understandable why members in the second are skeptical, since there is not enough data to support either argument, we’d suggest a more scientific approach to analyzing the PRP procedure.

Though surgical hair restoration has advanced significantly over the last several years, there are no new major breakthroughs released in viable non-surgical hair loss treatment options. To date, Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil) are still the most effective hair loss drugs for men suffering from male pattern baldness. Both medications however, are not without potential side effects.

So what happens if men taking Propecia and Rogaine start experiencing side effects? Will lessening the dosage help or are they destined to go completely bald?

Hair loss forum member “brentipold” shares is concerns about side effects he’s experienced while on finasteride and is looking for either an alternative treatment or medication that can counteract the side effects. Join in this discussion and read what other members are saying and share your own experience.

Bill Seemiller – aka Falceros
Associate Publisher/Editor

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